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Locality Name:
Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 51065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Iron Cap Mine
Landsman Camp Area (Landsman Group Area)
Landsman Claim (Landsman Prospect; Iron Reef Prospect)
Stowe Gulch
Tule Canyon Area
Unnamed Copper Prospect (18)
Unnamed Cu-Fe Prospect

Latitude: 32°58'7"N
Longitude: 110°18'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.968611111111,-110.30138888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteAxiniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumCovellite
EpidoteEttringiteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHopeiteIlvaiteMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Johannsenite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganbabingtonite  (*)
Nekoite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S5633.911393082793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)25633.911393083419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)35633.911393061534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5633.911393122734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5633.911393063250
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)25633.9113930688
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)5633.91139307161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5633.9113930811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5633.93139306,139308,13931027770
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S235633.9041
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5633.911393065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25633.93139306,139308,13931027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S55633.91139308344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5633.92139306,1393084165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O5633.9113930648
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O5633.911393082970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O65633.911393084135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5633.92139306,1393088173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25633.93139306,139308,1393109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5633.94139306,139308,139310,13931224243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5633.911393066890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O65633.91139306741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35633.94139306,139308,139310,13931414640
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O5633.9113930629
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)5633.91139306197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O65633.9113930673
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)25633.91139306234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45633.92139306,13930814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25633.92139308,13931012537
Manganbabingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)5633.92139306,1393086
Nekoite  (*)NoneCa3Si6O15·7H2O5633.911393068
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F25633.92139307,13930889
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25633.92139306,13930839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25633.9113930661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5633.93139306,139308,13931021482
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O5633.91139306183



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-004435633.9Eocene?     Yes  29785Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAAravaipaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-143Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-143
R060093Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060093
R050222Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050222
R050202Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050202


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